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corytophanids

corytophanids is the plural of corytophanid.

Meaning of corytophanid

Noun

corytophanid (plural corytophanids)

  1. (herpetology (saurology)) Any lizard in the family Corytophanidae; a casquehead or helmeted lizard.
    • The species differs from other corytophanids by having a triangular-shaped head casque projecting posteriorly past the head.2004 October 30, Josiah H. Townsend, James R. McCranie, Larry David Wilson, “Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem): Smoothhead Helmeted Basilisk, Turipache Selvático”, in Andrew H. Price, editor, Catalogue...

Questions about corytophanids

What is corytophanids the plural of?
Corytophanids is the plural of corytophanid.

Words near corytophanids in the dictionary

  1. corystosperm
  2. corystospermaceous
  3. corystosperms
  4. Coryton
  5. corytophanid
  6. corytophanids
  7. corytophanine
  8. corytophanines
  9. corytuberine
  10. coryza
  11. coryzae

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